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Gettin' the motor plate dialed in. Just about ready to pop the aluminum in the CNC to cut the finished product.

Motor plate is cut to size.............. taped, bolted and clamped in place. ............ ready to mount. ..................... I am a recovering puter' haul ik'. This was my rehab project for today. HEHEHE

Originally posted by pro70z28
Motor plate is cut to size.............. taped, bolted and clamped in place. ............ ready to mount. ..................... I am a recovering puter' haul ik'. This was my rehab project for today. HEHEHE

you building a tank or car

wow heavy duty mount what would that plate weigh approx ? i know it is aluminum but a just courious
beats the hell out of my arc welder and grinder.
i have come to realize that i am out of my league compared to some guys without massive investment and tripling my garage size such is life, i still have fun though and i dont bitch about the known fact there will always be nicer cars than mine. we all are still miles ahead of 95 % of the population and they can look at our cars and say "i could do better than him"

Originally posted by canadianal
wow heavy duty mount what would that plate weigh approx ? i know it is aluminum but a just courious

It's aluminum. It also serves as a cross member and added support for the lower strut mount.

It doesn't matter how much or how little money you put it your project. As long as it's enjoyable to you, that's all that matters. A budget hot rod, trumps an expensive production car in my book any day.

Originally posted by lt1s10
you building a tank or car

A dunk tank ...................

Originally posted by pro70z28
A dunk tank ...................

A dunk tank ...........

Looking real good Pro you did a nice job on making your own plates


canadianal dont ever feel that your out of your league on this site, theres everything from stock classics to full on drag cars on this site but the one common thing we all share is the fact that we all love to wrench on our own rides so ya fit right in

and the size of the garage dosent reflect on the quality of the car..i've been building a full on tube chassis GTO for the past five years in a simple one car garage ....matter of fact I had to jack the car up and push it all the way to the left wall just to have enough room to work on stretching the wheel opening on the drivers side today I'd love to have a 40x40 pole barn but all we can do is make do with what we got I guess

BG

I must confess. It's not entirely mine. I bought a motor plate blank and trimmed it with the CNC to fit the chassis. Not a very large difference in the cost compared to buying an aluminum plate. So, I opted for the time savings of not having to enter all that bolt pattern information into the puter'.

Thanks Richard. It's Sloooowly taking shape.

Cant blame ya one bit Gary, with the price of motor plates being some what cheap it would probably cost just as much if not more to get the aluminum sheet you would need alone. I think I only paid around $100 for both my front and mid mount plates if I remember correctly.

Still looks sweet

Looks like we're both at about the same stage right now, I just put both my plates in not that long ago as well. I'm thinking about pulling my front plate back out and polishing it if I get real energetic next week

BG

i now have figured out the BIG problem about restoring a older muscle car.it has to do with money to finish it.this is controlled by the fact that i have 1.a wife 2. two girls that are more expensive than any car

Originally posted by jdhogg
i now have figured out the BIG problem about restoring a older muscle car.it has to do with money to finish it.this is controlled by the fact that i have 1.a wife 2. two girls that are more expensive than any car

Been there with the 2 kids, still am for a little while longer. We'll B empty nesterz' purdee' soon.

We are empty nesters but it still takes alot of money to play with cars, there is just no way around it sometimes. It can get really bad if you are building 2 projects as I am beginning to find out. Of course there are guys doing more than 2 but it's not in my budget.
Today I rolled my Dawg shorty pick'em'up truck into the shop (to the dirty looks of my Cheby) to finish the lowering and install her new 727 tranny.

Have any of you chopped front springs for lowering purposes? How much should I cut, 1 coil, 2? Any help would be appreciated. Here is a pic I took this morning with the rear lowered before she went into the shop.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pro70z28
[B]Been there with the 2 kids, still am for a little while longer. We'll B empty nesterz' purdee' soon.


You just think so! They leave home, BUT, They keep coming BACK and BACK and BACKand BACK